alderfly

Meaning

Noun

• A member of any one of the sixty-six species of the family Sialidae (family) of megalopteran insects, each specimen of which has a body length not exceeding one inch and possesses long filamentous antennae and four large dark wings.
• An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.

Related

Similar words

• orl fly

Origin

• alder + fly